forum Amnesiac Project (discontinued. if interested, check for the reboot]

Started December 12, 2023 by @Serenity88 group

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Belladonna put their spoon down when Juniper spoke. They had been chatting and eating like there was no before or after. Like they were simply a kid at summer camp. Only they didn't know the cups song, anymore atleast.

"I saw them running last night." They were the first to speak again. "Through my window." Ze grabbed the hem of zir shirt and begun running their finger along it. To calm themselves.

Donna had always been rather weird when speaking. They had no problem making eye contact, in fact they often stared too much. But it was the way they said things, and the way ze fidgeted, that made zir stick out.

As soon as the other children started chatting again at other tables from other floors (different parts of the program), ze shifted in their seat.

(IM SORRY THIS IS SO SMALL IM SO UN MOTIVATED RIGHT NOW)

Quinn stopped eating his mushy, plain oatmeal and looked over at Juniper. "She's most likely asleep" He offered. They all would know why. When someone got wiped, they would be extremely sleepy for 12-24 hours, depending on the person and dose. Rio had definitely gotten a heavy dose, and she was a small girl. She'd end up asleep for quite a bit. And the caretakers were allowed to offer that one kindness. Not forcing the children out of bed while sluggish from medication was a small godsend. Iris also stopped. She looked tensely at the others at the table. Rio was her friend, and she shared Juniper's concern. "I wish they would let us check on her" she muttered, moving her spoon in her uneaten food and gazing like it contained the answers she needed.

(apologies for the length. I'm in school, and life has been smacking me so hard. I just wanted to give y'all something to go from)

Juniper bobbed her head in a small nod. "Hope she gave 'em lots of trouble." Her voice carried more than might be expected, and several caretakers looked over at her.
Her cheek twitched. They only wanted to know who had spoken, labeling her as 'might be an issue'. In case they ever had orders to get her, they'd know which one she was.
Juniper downed the rest of her food with more fervor than she usually exhibited; she was anxious to get to training.
Lifting her head high as she swallowed the last bit of food, she brushed the short purple ends of her hair out of her face. She slipped out of her seat and stood in place, waiting for a caretaker to lead her to her lessons for the day.

(I dont know what she'd be doing, actually😅. so, my next turn will skip over to Rio waking and stuff. I'll just time-skip Juniper's lessons)

Belladonna finished their food, or what they wanted of it, soon after Juniper was led to lessons. They threw the paper bowl, still filled halfway with cherrios and milk, into the trash. But they pocketed the plastic spoon. The straw that they hadn't bothered to use for their milk or their juice was also in the papery pocket.

To the wall by the door they went. Quietly standing with their eyes unfocused. When a caretaker, tall, blonde, with honey colored scrubs, put their hand infront of their face Donna didn't notice.

Only when the caretaker grabbed Belladonna by the wrist did they snap back to reality.

"I want to learn how to read." Ze said, following the blonde woman down multiple halls to the elevator.

The woman nodded and lead Belladonna down more hallways. Past more doors. Past more too small windows. Past places Donna once knew.